Installation guide: Mention slow first launch time #253
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psobolewskiPhD
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| @@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ the current release {{ napari_version }}, using command: `napari --version` . | |||
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| On some platforms, particularly macOS and Windows, there may be a ~30 second | |||
| delay before the viewer appears on first launch. This is normal and subsequent | |||
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I don't know if I woudl call it "normal", but I get your point xD
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Would you prefer "common" ?
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I would rather point out that this is an issue with those platforms, cause as it is it sounds like there's not expectation/hope of this to get fixed.
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I mean there isn't anything we can do, so it's not a napari issue, which was the point of this Note.
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Closes #222
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This PR adds a
Notethat first launch may be slow on some platforms (macOS, Windows) and that anti-malware and security software may also result in slower launches.It's quite disconcerting when running
naparidoesn't visually do anything immediately!